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ASX: Record 11.5 Million Australians Now Invest Beyond Super

Date 14/10/2026

• Australia near the top of developed markets for on-exchange investor participation.  
• Median income for people with investments is $110,000 p.a. 
• Almost half (42%) of all investors have portfolios under $100,000. 
• About 10 per cent of non-investors plan to start investing in the next year with a median amount of $690.  
• Advice from AI, investment in crypto and doubling of ETF ownership among key emerging trends.  

Welcome Remarks, Datin Paduka Azalina Adham, Managing Director, Securities Commission Malaysia, Kembara Borneo 2026 – Sabah Edition - ‘Enterprise To Expansion: Connecting Sabah Businesses With Growth Opportunities’ - 14 October 2026, 9.00AM, The Magellan Sutera Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Date 14/10/2026

Welcome to Kembara Borneo 2026, the Sabah Edition.

On behalf of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), I would like to record my appreciation, first and foremost, to the Sabah State Government for their support of this event. I would also like to thank our 12 supporting partners from across Sabah, including business chambers, SME and entrepreneur associations, as well as investment and economic development agencies, for the collaboration in making this event possible – thank you very much for your support.

Securities Commission Malaysia Showcases Capital Market Financing Options To Sabah Msmes And MTCs - Roadshow Offers Various Financing Solutions To Bridge Funding Gap From Early-Stage Financing To Public Listings

Date 14/10/2026

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today showcased capital market financing options to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and mid-tier companies (MTCs) in Sabah, designed to support their expansion and next phase of growth.

New WFE Research Examines How Equity Markets Affect The Real Economy

Date 14/10/2026

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry association for exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs), has published new research on how stock market changes affect economic growth, investment and the wider economy.

CoinShares Brings Institutional-Grade Stablecoin Yield Strategies To Safe's Users, Powered By Railnet - CoinShares Designs And Curates The Yield Strategies And The Risk Behind Them; Safe{Wallet} Users Access Them Through The Earn Widget - And Railnet Provides The Vault Infrastructure. Users' Positions Stay In Their Own Self-Custody Throughout.

Date 14/10/2026

CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) ("CoinShares" or the "Company"), a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets, today announced an integration with Safe Labs, the entity behind Safe{Wallet}, the self-custody smart account used by enterprises and onchain organizations to manage and move assets, and Railnet, the vault infrastructure for onchain asset management, originally developed by Kiln, to make CoinShares-designed stablecoin yield strategies available to Safe{Wallet} users through the Earn widget.

Sterling Trading Tech And Atlas Digital Markets Turn Order Data Into Best Execution Evidence - Clients Measure Execution On Their Own Complete Order Data Inside The Sterling OMS 360 And Sterling Data Warehouse, Starting Q4 2026

Date 14/10/2026

Sterling Trading Tech (Sterling), a global provider of advanced platforms, OMS technology, and risk solutions for trading firms worldwide, and Atlas Digital Markets (Atlas), an execution-intelligence company founded by veterans of electronic and algorithmic trading, today announced a technology collaboration that brings execution analytics directly into the Sterling OMS 360 and Sterling Data Warehouse (SDW), where Sterling's clients already manage their orders and hold their order and execution history. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2026, Atlas's transaction cost analysis (TCA) engine will be available to Sterling clients, allowing them to measure execution quality using their own complete order and execution data and giving broker-dealers in particular a way to measure and evidence best execution.

Apex Group Appoints Olivier Portenseigne As Global Head Of Transfer Agency Products - Senior Luxembourg Funds Executive Joins Apex Group To Accelerate Innovation Across Transfer Agency, Distribution And Digital Assets

Date 14/10/2026

Apex Group Ltd. ("Apex Group"), a global financial services provider with over $3.5 trillion in assets serviced, today announced the appointment of Olivier Portenseigne as Global Head of Transfer Agency Products.

FSB Consults On High-Level Principles For Regulatory And Supervisory Modernisation

Date 14/10/2026

• The FSB is seeking feedback on principles to assist financial authorities in their efforts to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, risk focus, coherence, and forward-looking nature of regulatory and supervisory frameworks.
• The proposed principles recognise the link between financial stability and sustainable economic growth, build on FSB members’ commitment to implement internationally agreed standards, and aim to preserve or enhance existing levels of financial system resilience.
• The FSB is also issuing a second report of the G20 Implementation Monitoring Review (IMR) that assesses whether and how the FSB’s policy development process can facilitate implementation of agreed policies.

LSEG Significantly Accelerates Analysis Of Years Of Tick History Market Data With NVIDIA cuDF

Date 14/10/2026

• Benchmark analysis shows years of LSEG Tick History can be analysed in seconds using NVIDIA cuDF for GPU-accelerated data processing, reducing processing time from hours to seconds.
• Enables firms to bring deeper historical analysis closer to decision-making as markets move towards near 24-hour trading

Finansinspektionen: SEB Temporarily Subject To Higher Capital Requirements Due To Model Deficiencies

Date 14/10/2026

Finansinspektionen (FI) has decided to impose a temporary add-on to SEB’s capital requirements. This follows FI’s identification of more extensive deficiencies related to SEB’s internal credit risk models than previously known. The add-on aims to mitigate the consequences of the model deficiencies until they are remedied.